• FA, chapter 1
• LWF Chap 3
• LTW Chap 12.
• Belk, R. (1999). Money. pp 383-388 in ELGAR
• Furnham A.F. & Argyle M. (1998). The Psychology of Money. 332.4019 FUR Intro chaps
• Müller-Peters et al (1998).  Explaining attitudes towards the euro: Design of a cross-national study. Journal of Economic Psychology, 19, 663-680.
• Bruce (1989), Human factors in the design of coins.  The Psychologist, 2, 524-527..BJ P150.5
• Bornemann (1976).  The psychoanalysis of money, pp. 44-67.
• Belk & Wallendorf (1990).  The sacred meanings of money. Journal of Economic Psychology, 11, 35-67. .......BJ
• Epstein & Babad (1982), Economic stress: notes on the psychology of inflation.  J. Appl. Soc. Psychol., 12, 85-99. .......BJ

Some key topics

1. Psychology of money.

• Crump, T. (1981).  The phenomenon of money, Chap. 2
• Doyle, K.). (1992). Towards a psychology of money. American Behavioral Scientist, 35(6), 705-724 .. and other papers in this special issue.
• Zelizer (1989), The social meaning of money: "Special moneys".  Amer. J. Sociol., 95, 342-377. ........P305 A80
• Furnham (1984), Many sides of the coin: The psychology of money usage. Pers. Indiv. Diffs, 5, 501-509.
• Routh & Burgoyne (1998).  Being in two minds about a single currency: A UK perspective on the euro Journal of Economic Psychology, 19, 741-754.  [and other papers from the same issue] Box
• Burgoyne, C. B., Routh, D. A. & Ellis, A. J.  The Transition to the Euro: Some Perspectives from Economic Psychology.  Journal of Consumer Policy Box
• Snelders et al (1992), The polymorphous concept of money. Journal of Economic Psychology, 13 71-92. .......BJ
• Lea & Midgley (1989).  La biologie de la monnaie  .......Box
• Lea & Webley (in preparation).  Money as tool, money as drug:  The biological psychology of a strong incentive.  Draft copy available on the web at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/Psychology/campus_only/segl/tooldrug.html

2. Money pathology

• Hanley et al (1992), Compulsive buying and money attitudes.  Journal of Economic Psychology, 13 5-18 .......BJ
• Bornemann (see BASIC; select some readings).
• Yamauchi & Templer (1982), The development of a money attitude scale. J. Pers. Assessment, 46, 522-528  Box
• Routh & Burgoyne (1989).  Absentmindedness with money.  14th IAREP conference proceedings, Vol 2. .......PW/330.019INT
• Guillet de Monthoux (1991).  Monetarization and organization: a study of imaginary money for adults.  16th IAREP conference.  330.019INT
• Lane Chap 6.

3. Cash and the alternatives.

•  Money - past, present and future  This is a web page on money maintained by the University of Exeter's science librarian. It has some excellent links  - we particularly recommend those to e-money and 'local and interest-free currencies' (LETS systems). Worth spending some time browsing through.
• Payne & Morgan (1981).  UK currency needs in the 1980s. .......TRC
• Cane & Dixon (1987). Smart cards.  Financial Times (Survey), Fri Nov 27. ........P070 F73 microfilm
• Bruce et al (1983), Factors affecting the perceived values of coins. Journal of Economic Psychology, 4, 335-347. .......BJ
• Douglas (1967), Primitive rationing.  In R. Firth (ed.), Themes in economic anthropology
• Burgoyne, Lewis, Routh & Webley (1991). Customer reactions to Automated Teller machines. In Lea, Webley and Young (Eds), New directions in economic psychology.
• Frazer, P. (1985).  Plastic and electronic money, chaps 1, 15 (any of 2-8 also useful). .......332.76
• Boustead et al (1992).  The perceived value of a new coin.  J. Soc Psychol 132 143-144. .......BJ
• Meier, D (1999). The acceptability of money as repayment among friends and neighbours in Local Exchange and Trading Systems. Paper presented at the XXIV IAREP conference .... Box

4. Inflation

• Sloman, Economics (3rd edition), chapter 13, 15, 21
• Waerneryd & Wahlund (1985), Inflationary expectations.  In H. Brandstaetter & E. Kirchler (Eds.) Economic psychology, pp. 327-336.
• Webley & Spears (1986), Economic preferences and inflationary expectations. Journal of Economic Psychology, 7, 359-369, and other papers in this special issue on inflation.
• Kemp (1991), Remembering and dating past prices. Journal of Economic Psychology, 12, 431-445
• Crump, T. (1981).  The phenomenon of money, Chap. 17.
• Gilbert (1981), A sociological model of inflation.  Sociology, 15, 185-209. .......BJ

Questions for discussion

1. Do we need a psychology of money?
2. What are the psychological implications of the "cashless society"?
3. What does economic psychology add to our understanding of inflation?
4. What steps would you recommend in order to get the ecu accepted as a currency for day-to-day use?
5. What are the main economic psychological issues involved in LETS systems?

Stephen Lea, Paul Webley

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